Handle-bar for bicycles.



No. 742,357. BATENTED OCT. 27, 1903.. H. RUPPBL & c. E. WEAVER. HANDLE BAR FOR BIOYGLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I3. 1902.

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UNITE STATES Iatented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY RUPPEL AND CHARLES E. WEAVER, OF. CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGN- ORS TO THE AMERICAN STOVE 00., OFST. LOUIS,

RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MISSOURI, A CORPO- HANDLE-BAR 50R BICYQLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,357, dated October 27, 1903.

Application filed $eptemher 13, 1902. Serial. No. 123,256. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY RUPPEL an CHARLES E. WEAVER, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle-Bars for Bicycles; and we do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de' scription of theinvehtiom'which will enable [0 others skilled in the art to which it, appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to handle-bars for bicycles; and the invention comprises a handle-bar made in a single piece and adapted to be reversed and inverted, substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a handle-bar constructed according to our invention and shown on a post having a stem extending away from the rider, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handle-bar with the post and handle-bar in reverse position to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows our 2 5 improved handle-bar on a straight post of a.

well-known type common with sectional or divided handle-bars which have individual adjustment on the post. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the post shown in Fig. 1 and of the 0 middle section of our handle-bar thereon. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the middle portion of the handle-bar alone, disclosing its serrations on one side; and Fig. 6 is a vertical central sectional elevation of the post as seen in 5 Figs. 1 and 4:.

In the construction thus shown the first essential and novel idea of this invention is the handle-bar B, which is made in a single piece from end to end rather than in two distinct 0 and separate pieces or sections, as in divided or sectional bars. Having, therefore, a single bar B or a bar in a single continuous piece, with grips b at its extremities, the said bar is further distinguished from all other bars 5 with which we are familiar by the construction of its engaging portion midway between its ends, said engaging portion showing the bar as provided with opposite flattened sides, with a bore or hole 2 running centrally through the same from side to side and serrations or corrugations 3, formed about said hole on each side and on said flat surfaces. A plain ring-shaped space 4 remains on said flat surfaces within the circle 3 of serrations,

against which rests the split spring-washer 5, 5 5 as hereinafter, described. A rounded swell 6 also is formed top and bottom on the middle of the handle-bar at its flattened portion, which preserves its strength and adds to its appearance, and both flattened sides of the bar are provided with serrations or their equivalent, so that the bar may be reversed .as well as inverted.

For example, in Fig. 1 a post D is shown, which has an angled stem d at its top, and this stem has an integral reduced and threaded extremity d, serving as a support or bearing for the handle-bar, and a serrated face 7 on its shoulder 8, against which the handlebar rests when fastened and by which it is firmly held from turning. For such fastening we employ a nut 9 and the metallic springwasher 5, hereinbefore referred to, and which rests against the plain surface 4 or the teeth on the handle. Thus an integral portion of the post itself is made the immediate support of the handle-bar,and this reduced and threaded portion or extremity is at right angles to the body of the post, which brings the handlebar into working relation in a plane parallel to said post notwithstanding the declension of the body of stem d, as shown. Thus also we obtain perfect rigidity of the handle-bar with; the post and by means of the open spring-washer wholly overcome the tendency 8 5 the stem is front, while in Fig. 2 it is to the rear.

In Fig. 3 the handle-bar is affixed to post D by means of a clamping-screw l2, and the said bar may be inverted; but reversal, as in Figs. 1 and 2, would be of no value, because the post has no stem to be'turned.

Another feature of the invention is the relation of the expander-screw F to the post D, which is shown as set into the post with its extremity directly in the top thereof in the angle of stem d, and the expander G is in the lower portion of the post. This renders it convenient to adjust the expander and affords a firm bearing for screwF in the solid top portion thereof.

It will be noticed in the drawings that the handle-bar is tubular and thatitis flattened at its middle upon opposite sides, and hence to that extent narrowed in cross-sections, and this forms an enlargement or swell,indicated by 6 and defining the edges of the flattened portion, and thus the strength of the bar is fully maintained at this point notwithstanding that a perforation passes through its flattened walls to secure it in workingposition.

Vhat We claim is- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tubular handle-bar formed in one piece, and provided centrally on opposite sides with flattened portions, the said handle-bar being provided with a hole running centrally through said flattened portions, serrations formed about said hole on each of said flattened portions, 2. plain ringshaped portion on each of said flattened portions between said serrations and said hole, a split spring'washer adapted to rest within said ring-shaped portion, of a post provided 2. In a device of the character described, a

a tubular handle-bar formed in one piece and provided centrally on opposite sides with flattened portions, said handle-bar being provided with a hole centrally through said fiattened portions, serrations on said flattened portions a plain ring-shaped portion on said flattened portions between said serrations and hole, and a post provided with a serrated abutment, a threaded reduced portion on said post and passed through said hole in said handle-bar, the said reduced portion being at right angles to the said post, and a washer, and a nut on said threaded reduced portion for forcing said washer against said plain ring-shaped portion for locking one set of said handle-serrations with said post-serrations, substantially as described.

Witness our hands to the foregoing specification this 10th day of September, 1902.

HENRY RUPPEL. CHARLES E. WEAVER.

\Vitnesses:

R. B. MOSER, GERTRUDE WADE. 

